Ramirez will be making his fourth title defense when he faces Postol (31-2, 12 KOs), 35, of Ukraine, who outpointed Mohamed Mimoune in Las Vegas on April 27 in a title eliminator to become one of Ramirez's mandatory challengers. The 27-year-old hoped to make his mandatory against Postol before the end of this year, but he injured his left hand against Hooker and had surgery in August, which put off his return. Ramirez (25-0, 17 KOs), of Avenal, California, unified two 140-pound world titles by sixth-round knockout of Maurice Hooker on July 27. Top Rank and PBC are fierce rivals and have rarely done fights together, but they have a number of attractive matches that could be made if they could work together. Moretti was referencing Brown's role as the lead promoter for most Premier Boxing Champions events and one of PBC founder Al Haymon's closest confidants. We both know a thing or two about a thing or two." Hopefully, it will lead to making more fights down the road. "Open communication between all parties, especially Mauricio and the WBC, was the key to making the deal," Moretti told ESPN. 1 in the main event of an ESPN-televised card. Top Rank will promote the fight, which likely will take place Feb. But they informed the WBC that they had a deal and the purse bid was canceled. The representatives for unified junior welterweight world titlist Jose Ramirez and former titleholder Viktor Postol came to terms for the mandatory fight Wednesday just before a purse bid was scheduled to take place in Los Angeles.Ĭarl Moretti, vice president of Top Rank, which promotes Ramirez, and Tom Brown of TGB Promotions, representing Postol, had been close to a deal for a week and finally agreed on terms before the promotional rights would have been auctioned off to the highest bidder. Jose Ramirez, Viktor Postol agree to terms on mandatory fight You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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